i makes money (money don't make me)

i makes money

money don't make me

that's the way i am and it's plain to see

get right for yourself

they can't put you on a shelf

live and let live

you know its plain enough

there ain't a dollar in the world can make me change my stuff

i met lots of men who told me when they finally make their first million

they're gonna live like kings

gonna try everything

they're gonna flatter pretty women

if they know how to do it

why not get to it

instead of waiting all your life

'cause life is only doing

what you think is worth pursuing

instead of waiting all the time

if you find yourself waiting and you know you're hesitating

get your butt off the ground

it ain't your money or your honey

and you know it's kind of funny

when it's all boiled down

if you want to be the man

and you know you certainly can

then do it

do it

do it

do it

do it

clothes don't make the man

money won't help you stand

any truer than you're doin'

so you'll never find the endin' of sittin' and pretending

you're gonna do it sometime

you keep knocking on wood

doing exactly what you should

trying to save enough dimes

build 'em up higher

so you can retire

to your castle in the blue

but you find it's all behind and it's probably slipped your mind

and you're too pooped to toot